WEBVTT SYSTEM, AS THE SHIRLEY AT NIGHT. IOWA STATE STUDENTS SAY, THEY FEEL SECURE IN THEIR COLLEGE TOWN. >> YEAH, I ALWAYS FEEL SAFE. HANNAH: BUT ARE NOW THINKING TWICE BEFORE WALKING ALONE AT NIGHT. >> I FEEL SAFE, BUT APPARENTLY IT ISN’T ALWAYS SAFE. >> WE’RE REALLY ADVISING PEOPLE TO BE VERY CAREFUL RIGHT NOW. HANNAH: THAT IS BECAUSE AMES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO SEPARATE SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES, BOTH WITH NOTICEABLE SIMILARITIES. >> JUST THE METHOD IS VERY SIMILAR WHERE TWO WHITE MALES GRABBED A FEMALE THAT WAS WALKING BY HERSELF. AND IN THE FIRST CASE ATTEMPTED AND IN THE SECOND CASE, WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE AN ASSAULT. HANNAH: THE ATTEMPTED ASSAULT HAPPENED ON LETTIE STREET SUNDAY, JULY 8, AROUND 2:30 A.M. THE SECOND HAPPENED TWO DAYS LATER IN THE 300 BLOCK OF ASH AVENUE, ONCE AGAIN, EARLY IN THE MORNIN >> IN THESE CASES, NEITHER WOMAN WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTS. THAT IS PRETTY TROUBLING. HANNAH: AMES COMMANDER GEOFF HUFF SAYS, THERE IS NO WAY TO BE SURE IF THE CASES ARE CONNECTED YET. BUT IN BOTH CASES, THE SUSPECTS ARE DESCRIBED AS TWO WHITE MALES. ONE VICTIM SAYS, THEY WERE COLLEGE-AGED AND MORE THAN SIX FEET TALL. STUDENTS WE SPOKE WITH MONDAY, SAY, THEY ARE ALWAYS CAREFUL WALKING AROUND TOW >> IT’S SCARY BEING GIRL. ALWAYS USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM KIND OF THING. I WOULD NEVER GO OUT ALONE. HANNAH: THE EXACT ACTIONS COMMANDAR HUFF RECOMMENDS, AS POLICE CONTINUE TO CANVAS THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, LOOKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WITNESSES OR INFORMATIO >> DON’T BE OUT WALKING AROUND BY YOURSELF AND THAT GOES FOR ANYBODY AT ANY TIM

Investigators say they have arrested a 32-year-old Iowa man who is believed to be linked to several sexual assaults near the University of Iowa campus.Carlos Hivento of Cedar Rapids was arrested last week and charged in the November sexual assault of a 19-year-old girl he allegedly met at an Iowa City bar. He's being jailed pending trial.Court records show that investigators have uncovered evidence that also links him to a 2017 sexual assault of another woman at a different Iowa City bar. And they are looking into whether he's connected to at least three other reported assaults, including one day before his arrest.Police say an examination of one of Hivento's phones uncovered 1,475 videos of him having sex, using drugs or doing both since September. They've seized several other electronic devices.The University of Iowa Police Department is asking anyone with information to come forward.

IOWA CITY, Iowa —

Investigators say they have arrested a 32-year-old Iowa man who is believed to be linked to several sexual assaults near the University of Iowa campus.

Carlos Hivento of Cedar Rapids was arrested last week and charged in the November sexual assault of a 19-year-old girl he allegedly met at an Iowa City bar. He's being jailed pending trial.

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Court records show that investigators have uncovered evidence that also links him to a 2017 sexual assault of another woman at a different Iowa City bar. And they are looking into whether he's connected to at least three other reported assaults, including one day before his arrest.

Police say an examination of one of Hivento's phones uncovered 1,475 videos of him having sex, using drugs or doing both since September. They've seized several other electronic devices.

The University of Iowa Police Department is asking anyone with information to come forward.